Your post..

Truly warms the cockles of my heart..  So much love in the air today..

I like the women who have decided to take up this work and put themselves out there for our enjoyment and entertainment. It takes a lot to do this job and then open yourself up to critique and criticism, especially from some of the more "pleasant" people around here. However it has allowed me to figure out who would be a great match and as a result I have mostly had amazing times with splendid women. I am grateful for the women of TER and thankful for their guidance during my journey of sexual self exploration. I know I may be a bit jaded and cynical these days about the state of the game these days but I still appreciate the good times I had and will have in the future.

Frankly, the sense of community is a distant third.  First of course are the reviews, even if most of them are bullsh*t. Second are the ads. Distant third are the boards (but I do enjoy lurking on the Highway).  

For me, TER is more like a newspaper.

Helps me sort through the scammers

It’s not perfect but it enables me to make improved decisions. I agree with many here that the veracity of reviews is not always consistent, but I regard them like Amazon reviews - with a grain of salt. Discard both ends and focus on the middle.  I don’t trust or understand other review sites. I’ve only met a couple gals who had zero reviews, but each with great results - but they had other cred that justified the mutual investment. TER is one of the resources that enable successful investments for me, but certainly not the only one.

As you can see from my history, posting on national or local message boards is rare for me. I mostly enjoy reading them when I login to do some homework, but I don’t login to read these boards.

I sincerely appreciate every gal who posts and continues to post here! I hope you don’t get too frustrated with the dudes who sling hash. I believe there are 10x or 100x dudes who read these boards and don’t post for whatever reason (like me), but you champion your opinions and have more influence and reach more than you know. Seriously!

The most important thing I like about TER is that it has allowed me to play safely while meeting some wonderful and exciting companions.
The other options for finding providers where I live are dicey at best, dangerous in various ways at worst.
I know I would not have had so many wonfderful expariences otherwise.

1. That in LA 90% of the reviews are for kgirls (95% of which have fake photos), older well used women that have been at it for 20-30 years, and TS boys  
2. This Board!!. Where 6 older women banter nonsensically with the boot-licker boys that adore them.
3. CDL, while of course he gets a little over the top at least he calls a spade a spade. Living as you guys do in a virtual community sometimes you get a little redundant and boring  
4. RespectfulRobert. What a kind loving dear hearted man who is the protector of the 6 women that live on this board.  
5. And most especially that I occasionally find a beautiful sexy woman below 40 that wouldn't be caught dead here because as everyone knows young women eventually distance themselves from their mothers.  
I do hope I haven't offended anyone….NOT.  
Just a reminder to everyone especially QB and Robbie, first speech is a right and trying to squash opinions that you disagree with is censorship pure and simple.  
Now how about a BIG virtual group hug. Bissous men Cheers Now frown for me

TER used to be great before the FOSTA/SESTA fiasco and the rise of other platforms. But since then, most of the good posters, male and female, have moved on and they haven't been replaced.
Remember London Ryan?
swingsbothways?
scoed?
MP67?
RomeoGolf?
The barely literate Fancy8888?
TobiTelford?
Getting rid of the volunteer mods was another shoot-yourself-in-the-foot mistake. They were tough but fair and made the boards fun.
GaGambler
BoneBoyBob
LittlePhil
Face it, TER is a shadow of its former self.  My sense is that its value as a business has shrunk massively.
It's a damn shame because I used to love it here.
And, no, I'm not going anywhere. Like I said, force of habit.

Our hobby is a pretty expensive one.  TER is like an insurance policy. We (the mongers among us) all hate to spend our money on a bad or even lackluster experience.  Reading TER is the most reliable way I know to limit paying for what becomes a bad or lackluster experience with a provider.  Better yet, it provides the easiest surest way to be confident that a new experience with a provider will be a satisfying one.

The reviews so I know who not to date. The discussions. The sexy pics - I may be a pervert..oh well

If that's the case am proud to be one - am all about women, what's not to love about them ,even though they will fuck you over sometimes ( well in different ways, but most times  in a good way, and you can't do without them)  -  keep coming back for more.
 
Further likes about  TER,  are the hilarious reviews. People tell how they went to dingy motels in a scary  neighborhood, and how  they enter the room and there were  needles everywhere, but still they did bareback for a dime on the dollar.  
Other times ,about how they  get outer there as fast as they could.The boyfriends was in another room or sitting in a car . It's  like a thrill or a  dare to them.  

On a more serious note however- TER is the most interactive  site, encompassing a wide range  discussion and information that directly  and indirectly the sex industry, and life in general .